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MASSACHUSETTS 


GRICULTURAL 


College 


Some  Indications  of  Its  Progress  in  1 909 

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ISSUED  JANUARY,  1910  OF  THE 

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THE  BARNS 

(Rebuilt  in  1909.) 


EQUIPMENT 

The  State  Legislature  granted  a \otal  of  $158,500  for  new  build- 
ings, equipment , repairs , and  land , including  an  item  of  $30,000  for  reim- 
bursement for  loss  of  the  barn  by  fire  in  1908;  including  also  provision  for 
the  construction  of  a fire  proof  laboratory  for  entomology  and  zoology  to 
cost  approximately  $80,000. 

The  range  of  glass  houses  and  attached  instruction  building  for  which 
the  Legislature  of  1908  appropriated  $34,000,  were  completed  in  the  spring 
of  1909. 

Control  of  a tract  of  land  designed  to  be  developcu  into  a recreation 
ground  and  enclosed  athletic  field,  was  secured  by  the  college  authorities. 


ARCHITECT'S  DRAWING  OF  LABORATORY  FOR  ENTOMOLOGY  AND  ZOOLOGY 


FRENCH  HALL  AND  DURFEE  PLANT  HOUSES 

( Floriculture  and  Market  Gardening ) 

(Completed  in  1909.) 


MAINTENANCE 


An  increase  of  $ 22,000 , representing  an  increase  of  nearly  27  per  cent, 
was  granted  by  the  state  for  general  maintenance  and  further  instruction. 


NEW  DEPARTMENTS 

The  above  appropriation  provided  for  the  employment  of  a professor  of 
forestry , an  additional  instructor  in  English  and  public  speaking , and  other 
assistants , The  professor  of  forestry  ha?  as  yet  not  been  secured , but  will 
be  selected  as  soon  as  possible. 

The  department  of  Short  Courses  became  a separate  department  of  the 
college , with  a man  of  experience  and  thorough  training  as  its  director.  This 
department  will  supervise  in  addition  to  the  winter  and  summer  schools 
already  established , a short  course  in  poultry  keeping , a farmers'  week , a 
bee  keeping  course , lecture  courses , and  a correspondence  school. 


NEW  COURSES 


Over  fifty  new  courses  of  instruction  in  the  regular  collegiate  depart- 
ment were  announced  for  the  first  time  in  the  catalog  for  1909;  several 
other  courses  formerly  given  have  been  greatly  amplified  and  extended. 


ATTENDANCE 

The  present  number  of  four  year  students  is  326,  an  increase  of  59,  or 
22  per  cent,  over  the  attendance  of  the  previous  year. 

The  total  enrollment  is  589 , this  figure  representing  an  increase  of  73, 
or  14  per  cent,  over  that  of  1908. 


Approximately  7000  letters  were  written  by  the  officers  of  the  college 
and  experiment  station , in  answer  to  requests  for  information  of  a scientific 
or  practical  nature. 

About  200  lectures  were  given  away  from  the  college  by  its  officers ; 
these  lectures  were  for  the  most  part  given  free  of  charge  and  were  before 
granges , farmers'  institutes , high  schools , hoards  of  trade , etc. 


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KENYON  L.  BUTTERFIELD,  President, 


AMHERST,  MASS. 


